Building record MAB27008 - CLERKHILL WOOD
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Summary
Hut circle.
Protected Status/Designation
- Scheduled Monument 12452
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NJ 9078 1190 (40m by 40m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NJ91SW |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire City |
| Civil Parish | Old Machar |
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Hut circle. This is one of at least two hut-circles surviving in Clerkhill Wood. This circular low earth and stone bank is the remains of a prehistoric building. It measures circa 10m in diameter within a stony bank up to 4m thick and 0,6m high. A circa 2m gap in the south-southeast arc may have been an entrance. There is also an area of rig and furrow surviving in these woods.
KIDD, RS, 1998, GRANDHOME ESTATE: FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY: PROSPECTION (Bibliographic reference). SAB2772.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ACY;
- HES Scheduled Monument Number: 12452;
- NMR Card Number: NJ91SW58;
- NRHE Numlink: 124674;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ91SW0127;
External Links (2)
- https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM12452 (Historic Environment Scotland Portal Link)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/124674 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SAB2772 Bibliographic reference: KIDD, RS. 1998. GRANDHOME ESTATE: FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY: PROSPECTION.
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Record last edited
Feb 22 2022 10:46AM
